Silent Laughter
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 18, 2004
Closed Apr 11, 2004
Opened Mar 18, 2004
Closed Apr 11, 2004
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Running Time:
1hr. 45min.
(includes 1 intermission)
1hr. 45min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Pratfalls, pranks and pies in the face. Sultry vamps, little tramps and a conundrum of Keystone Cops. This spring, 1917 silent movie mayhem comes to life on stage Off-Broadway with Silent Laughter, a silent slapstick comedy with music. A family entertainment written by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore and directed by Van Zandt, the show features a cast of thousands (played by 10 very versatile actors) and a live movie-house organ accompanying their slapstick shenanigans.
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The title Silent Laughter refers to the silent films that Billy Van Zandt emulates in a no-speech period piece he's written and directed and in which he appears as a poor soul hoping to win the affections of a rich man's sweet daughter, played by co-author Jane Milmore. As it happens, the moniker may not be the best Van Zandt and Milmore could have chosen for their obvious labor of love, since it also suggests an unfortunate reality: If there is laughter emanating from the audience here, most of it is silent.
That's because nothing especially funny happens during the two acts, which the playwrights-pretending-to-be-screenwriters would like attendees to experience as an old-time two-reeler. [...]